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• February 9, 2008Gadgets, general, Human Geography, Navigation

  Can Cell Phones Predict Traffic?

  That’s the question Nokia set out to find the answer to yesterday. They equipped 100 students with GPS and software equipped Nokia phones and had them drive a 10 mile […]

• January 30, 2008general, Programming/Dev, Software, WebMapping

  Globe Glider – Try some geo-browsing

  Our reader Ed always sends us great links to cool applications and projects, and Globe Glider is another great find. According to the site, it’s a “geo-browser” with an interface […]

• January 28, 2008general, WebMapping

  UK Interactive General Election Map

  We’ve highlighted some of the efforts to utilize web mapping platforms as a tool for organizing and presenting information about the US presidential election, but I just ran across a […]

• January 26, 2008Events, general, WebMapping

  YouTube and Google Maps bring you Super Tuesday Channel

  Google has already been plotting US presidential primary results on Google Maps and Google Earth, but in preparation for “Super Tuesday,” YouTube has a Super Tuesday channel that features a […]

• January 19, 2008Education, general, VirtualEnvironments

  Want to Make a NASA MMORPG?

  The BBC is reporting that NASA has put out a Request For Information for any groups or agencies who might want o create a NASA MMORPG. The idea is to […]

• January 18, 2008general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

  Landsat 5 imaging again!

  Our reader Michelle sent us a quick email to let us know that the USGS has announced that Landsat 5 resumed imaging as of January 10th. Landsat 5 has been […]

• January 17, 2008general, Navigation, Software

  Nav N Go’s 3D GPS mapping software in action

  MobileMag links to a short YouTube video of Nav N Go’s 3D GPS software in action, which is being made available to manufacturers for use in devices that will be […]

• January 16, 2008general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

  High Resolution Images of Mercury

  The Messenger spacecraft is reporting back the first high resolution images of Mercury taken since the ’70’s. They’re over 3x better than anything we had before. The images are pretty […]

• January 11, 2008general, Hardware, Navigation

  Thursday CES Round-up

  Wow…I figured the well would be dry on the last day of CES, but it seems there are at least a couple more tidbits for your perusal. GPS uPlay and […]

• January 10, 2008general, Hardware, Navigation

  Wednesday CES Round-up

  The toys that are rolling out are diminishing in number, but there is still one more day to go. Here are the bits that were covered today. GPS Delphi’s dual-view […]